311.5754 Janko/16
The Norwegian Ambassador (Morgenstierne) to the Secretary of State
Your Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency’s note of February 3, 1944 concerning the seizure of the motor-tank vessel Norsktank, in a possessory libel in rem pending [Page 1205] in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
I am pleased to note that the Department of State has requested the Attorney General to instruct his appropriate representative in New York to appear in the proceedings, and to present to the Court certified copies of the several notes received by it, and to state to the Court that the Department of State accepts as true the statements of fact contained in my notes of January 21 and 29, 1944,22 and recognizes and allows the claim presented therein on behalf of the Kingdom of Norway, that the vessel is entitled to immunity from judicial process in the courts of this country.
In conclusion I would like to express my sincere appreciation of the kind cooperation and promptitude with which your department has attended to my request in the matter.
Accept [etc.]
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